four points. i would print certain. but you're. a good girl how would. she ever green her till. the u.n. nuclear watchdog. could be working on atomic weapons raising. findings might be a pretext for a preemptive strike against tehran a. standoff in northern kosovo between serbs and nato backed police finally draws that u.n. attention while the locals. into the scenery as part of everyday life. as the financial fall of. a previously politically bulletproof the premier berlusconi finally agrees to go but not yet.

broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is what have you with us let's get right to our top story. the international nuclear agency says iran might be working on developing atomic weapons in its most critical report yet on the country its findings were widely expected in coming days after israel bluntly said military action against iran is getting closer raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack has more on the atomic study. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that iran continue some research on nuclear weapons it doesn't say iran is building a weapon and it says it's collecting all the information it would need to do so and has a lot of technology in the international atomic energy agency claims to have iranian computer models of nuclear warheads which the watchtower views as

a possible indication that iran plans to build an atomic bomb among other evidence a satellite image of a steel container that might be used to secretly cast a high explosives needed to trigger and you clear weapons i would be very skeptical about this report that's coming out from the international atomic energy agency because the i.a.e.a. doesn't really have any intelligence capabilities of its own and if it's relying on reports that are coming from other people i would rather suspect those reports are coming from the united states and israel the president of u.s. intelligence presenting false evidence to build a case for the war in iraq raises alarm bells us to the accuracy of the atomic agencies latest report on it you ran you may have a piece of evidence of some kind but that piece of evidence is subject to your interpretation as to what it means when they saw aerial footage photographs in iraq showing certain things they interpreted those photographs to mean something which which was it was not correct back in two thousand and three the u.s.

was adamant it's evidence on iraq's weapons of mass destruction and terrorist activity was as solid as could be satellite images of the base where saddam hussein was believed to train al qaida terrorists evidence of more vile lapse folk while article weapons aluminum tubes presented as components of centrifuges to enrich uranium all of the above proved to be a hoax. and yet it was enough to start a war that would last eight plus years and kill more than a hundred thousand civilians israel is considering military action to take out iran's nuclear facilities preemptively the question may now ask is could the u. winds atomic watchdog reform serve as a justification to start a war with iran security experts say the consequences for such action would be catastrophic we would most likely see new kinds of attacks probably on israel from hezbollah or other groups we'd see attacks on american troops perhaps in iraq and

afghanistan even more than what we've seen so far iran i mean could retaliate in conventional terms that could attack saudi arabian oil fields of he really want to see a crisis in the air in the international economy despite tough rhetoric coming from both israel and the u.s. many agree that washington and tel aviv are most likely to use the recordist political leverage to try and isolate iran and possibly to put advantage needs flourishing economic relations with china no one in the international community wants iran to have nuclear weapons but what they fear is a unilateral action by israel with the backing of the united states that we join on fire at a time when it is as on stable as it gets millions of lives could be in danger if policymakers in washington or tel aviv decide to jump the gun and start a war on grounds which are far from being transparent i'm going to check our

reporting from washington our key. political analyst adrian bush he believes iran has never been the danger it is being portrayed or. over the past hundred years he ran has invaded it and attacked nobody it has however been invaded by britain in world war one by britain and the former soviet union in world war two in one thousand forty one to grab its oil when it's democratically elected president mohamed must be nationalized the iranian oil company which is a british petroleum the cia backed coup got rid of him imposed the shah of courtesy of popularity until nine hundred seventy nine and when in one nine hundred seventy nine iran we cover has its own identity immediately one step down hussein i think we all remember him was in the service of united states britain and israel with chemical weapons of mass destruction provided by the united states to lead an eight year war of attrition against iran so if anything one has to ask who is the danger

in the region the united states britain france and israel or iran who has invaded and attacked nobody in a century. well we want to know how close you think a military strike against iran now is. so far the majority think an attack is imminent as it runs along with american and israeli interests sixteen percent doubt it arguing that no one wants to see a bloodbath in the region ten percent think the whole thing is still depends on tehran's willingness to cooperate while slightly fewer think there will be a lot airstrike only if iran actually admits to having a nuclear bomb your voice now and vote on the home page of r.t. dot com. a former cia officer who once headed the osama bin laden intelligence unit says america's policies on the muslim world create enemies rather than security here's some of what michael sure will tell us in about twenty minutes time. washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and an islam

economy that washington believes is out to last because we have elections because. the. as we have women in the workplace is an enemy that doesn't exist didn't exist when bin laden was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of its foreign policy in the muslim world because of its support for israel because of its support for the saudi police state because of its presence on the your opponents and until we accept that until americans can say to each other whether you support aid to israel or not our relationship with israel is causing this war we are not going to be able to defeat this enemy. the un head has voiced concerns over the increase in attacks on the north the serbs and their property in northern kosovo put part of the blame on the decision of kosovo albanian leadership to extend its control over the serb run area for months

serbs in the region have been barricaded in and are not only against the unwanted authorities but also nato peacekeeping forces explains. that was. perhaps not an obvious venue for a wedding but this serbian couple living in northern cos of all decided to get married at the barricades a meeting of itself but people are gathered together here and there we do feel we're in the hands we just go well and this is a distressing assuming this sort of barricades in northern kosovo have been standing for several months now for those who built them they're just a part of everyday life not only have the cost of a service isolated themselves from the k. four troops but also from their unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in the which splits the town and the serbian and albanian parts it was called the bridge of friendship it was meant to symbolize that so can easily live together but the size of the barricades on the serbian part tells the whole story of our unwilling

to be part of the self-proclaimed state while the cemented barricades in the middle of it so have become the town's main gathering spot tensions are still running high just a few kilometers. for every sand obstacle the k. for troops managed to demolish stubborn serbs built piles there are times when the too close is taking place and all tingly asleep. and. i'm about. people like me. you know. serbs say they have no choice but to continue barricading themselves in they believe albanians would not hesitate to wipe them off their land forcefully help they believe by k. four troops despite constant clashes with a nato contingent and political pressure from belgrade because of the serbs have become accustomed to living this cage they have built for themselves. through

a very me it was hard at first when we run out of food and petrol when we serbs are people who are. to improvise in finding a way out we've built alternative routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we've prevented a humanitarian catastrophe. the orthodox priest of the town's printing temple sat he has never been busier with all the people flocking in lately to pray for the well being of their families. or kosovo has seen different hard times even be in my bed turkey ones but series with stude all heartiness of times and everyone a nature of it's a nice this land is the cradle of a serb culture and state. another deadlock in this balkan melting pot continues belgrade is still unwilling to resume negotiations with pristina which could put dates to the standoff but while politicians clash this sort of family has little

trust in diplomacy their kids may be too young to realize what it's all about and why they are being shown the barriers but there is little doubt what views they will inherit once they grow up. see reporting from course. in kosovo and still ahead for you this hour russia's first interplanetary mission fifteen years. we'll tell you why this probe wants to dig the dirt on martian moon . launch ground control fixes a post launch glitch and. also why india's government believes these people are no longer poor enough to get the help millions of them still need. and western europe is getting the first gas from russia via the newly built north stream pipeline that bypasses transit country the route is meant to bring cheaper gas to homes and businesses joining me in about ten minutes or more on that on the significance of that project

a number. of times up before the man who has dominated italian politics for the best part of two decades but it's not the mountain of corruption lawsuits and sex crime allegations that did it for prime minister silvio berlusconi italy's wharf will finance its majority of aberrated as news around to get at least twenty ten spending a key vote to decide the next budget cuts which will be voted on next week italy is europe's next big worry after greeks it's appalling costs are at a record high and financial firms are losing faith but claiming berlusconi's political scalp might not be enough to help the country stay afloat. it's very naive if before the entire political debate scorning sauna i think the counter is very difficult time and what is required is a say a serious political debate on what kind of measure it's one to take to the cries it's not so much about risk or any italian people in caves should watch and decide

what their replacements should be rather than being down through parliamentary gimmicks i think that we should have stepped down at least. and yes i mean it will to survive just because the corruption and bribery in parliament is so widespread that these as possible but honestly i think what is required is serious change and serious change just through going back to the people and basking there was. a bit of scorn he should be. so the old berlusconi's pledge to resign comes at the same time as the greek prime minister prepares to step down joe wiesenthal from america's business insider online magazine says dramatic political changes are now emitted in europe. there's obviously the sort of financial contagion angle as the crisis goes from one country to another but there's also just political contagion

and the fact that no all leader in europe on any level has really behaved in a bold or admirable way at all during this crisis has really been going on since mid to late two thousand and there's been no real progress on solving anything if it only were to go the way of greece and really of a collapse it would have huge impacts on the rest of europe and the united states i think italy is simultaneously too big to fail and too big to rescue the best hope is that the e.c.b. which you know technically does have unlimited amounts of money thanks to the fact that it controls the printing press and europe could step in in a big way i think people i think that has to be that end game and maybe there's a chance now that berlusconi is gone but the e.c.b. will do more prior with berlusconi still very i think nobody wanted to you know make things any easier for italy reward italy in any way if he leaves as he says he will perhaps. you know the perhaps italy will get the help it needs. with

the eurozone in currency crisis cross-talk leader asks if it's time for brussels to butt out and restore power to national governments here's what's ahead next hour. if greece last week were to have voted to notice that under what we're going to have passed that on the left the choice to do to persons would have meant greece greek citizens would have got a veto on economic governance within the eurozone which is almost unheard of that is the good thing of this crisis if you see we are really moving this election also losing about these realize you see the action so you don't really see losing their jobs is it good so i do this crisis but i don't understand all because we know so don't go there and there's only one word on the streets people. and you say there's a good thing to these crises. russia launched an unmanned probe into one of mars's moons in the early hours of wednesday but it has here technical trouble.

a series of robotic maneuvers should have taken place after the probe separated from its a booster rocket but has not happened though and a federal space agency officials say they have three days to sort the problem out of probes designed to bring back soil from the martian moon phobos which should on earth some secrets about our solar system's creation also on board is china's that first mars satellite which will be put in observation orbit around the red planet pushed over explains the missions a mission. ever since galileo galilei first pointed his telescope at mass people couldn't help but wonder is there life on the red planet the question is still in the air now russian scientists have decided to study mass in one of its two moons phobos in a single ambitious mission. our focus is obtaining a piece of food was soil for

a proper study. so the whole project and the group have become known as for meeting soil in russian costing around one hundred fifty six million dollars it will become russia's first interplanetary mission since one thousand nine hundred ninety six it will take eleven months for it to reach the martian orbit and another six months to approach sobers immediately after touchdown a remotely controlled arm will sink its call into the unknown. and it will nobody knows how hard the service is going to be but will be able to collect it whether it is sand or rock. the return rocket will make its way back to earth straight away with a fair stab a sample from a martian moon on board this mission is one of the most complicated ever planned what you see here is two parts of thought was ground the whole structure weighs over thirteen thousand kilos but only seven kilos placed right on the top of the return rocket will make it back to earth all this just four hundred grams of

precious extraterrestrial soil however the rocket also carry some unusual passengers russian and u.s. scientists are sending a capsule with terrestrial micro-organisms on a three year round trip with a manned mission to mars high on the world's wish list but still impossible the bacteria will act test test subjects those will be able to see which wars will survive the severe radiation of an interplanetary flight but as they were put together by different scientists there's already a lot of joking about which bacteria will survive russian or american. however that's not the end of the mission part of this spacecraft will remain on food was to continue experiments with a whole array of instruments put together by various countries with a project promising rich scientific harvest china france and germany among other countries have made sure that part of the enterprise. of the rule the main thing is

that we understand better the forming of the solar system and maybe it will help us to figure out if mars can be reserved planets for mankind. and with so many people across the globe eager for this mission to succeed i hope it will turn would spin the impossible into reality kerry pushed r.t. moscow and more world news now starting in thailand where the floodwaters are finally receding. clean up is that no wonder way in the northern provinces but things are far from over in bangkok where there is a struggle to clear debris that's blocking of the capital's drains the floods are taking a huge toll on thailand over five hundred people have been killed and many thousands displaced well to firms such as toyota honda and nestle have seen production and profits drop massively. american presidential hopeful herman cain is defiant about staying in the game despite the increasing sexual harassment claims swirling around

him a second woman has now gone public about her letter to solve and she wants all four teasers to come forward cain is a surprise front for the republican nomination to take on president obama at twenty twelve and he denies health claims we are replacing india says it's got fewer poor people but the numbers don't tell the whole story but government there now thinks that less than a dollar a day is enough to buy. equates. in india's capital city the sights and sounds of one of the world's fastest growing economies are everywhere. but intermingled with the new malls and shopping developments slums like this one are still home to about forty million people many of the people who live here however are going even town is being poor things to a new gap an issue that has moved in the poverty line thirty eight european per day or think that romney was works twelve hours six days a week as

a cop and can make up to two dollars per day he sends most of his money back to his village to support a wife and three children he left behind the fact that his country doesn't classify him as poor is shocking to him but he didn't thirty two rupees or the benchmark to decide the poverty line is wrong because one cannot do anything with that amount someone like me who makes three thousand rupees per month finds it hard to survive here how could someone who are only thirty two can survive the people behind initial say that it's simply an adjustment based on the current economic climate according to them the new definition actually means that there are class people living in poverty in india than twenty years ago when almost half of all indians were living below the poverty line they also find it has no impact on who can access government welfare services and many people above the poverty line are also wallner i mean they're not it's not as if you know if you're over the line you're poor and if you've got one rupee more than the poverty line you're rich really have

to do a lot for them and that's what our strategy is but new data also suggests those living in poverty should get by on the equivalent of two dollars per month for their health and education sparking outrage across india where do you feed your family where do you look after your kids where you send them for education how is not that anywhere close to the poverty line. thirty thirty rupees but oh what is all to not good enough forget about it then a piece like that leaders no way you can survive into a big city for now as the debate over the poverty line is meaningless in his life he just wants to be able to support his family but. my only wish for my future is that i continue doing this work of mine without any hindrance from anyone or anything as long as the government doesn't interfere i'll continue doing his business to feed and educate my kids focusing and depending on himself

preassure either artsy new delhi india and on the way a former cia officer explains why the u.s. needs to leave the middle east or finds it impossible to do so but first the latest business of it was created. thank you so hello welcome to our business update this hour western europe's getting its first russian gas car the newly built to wreck more strain on our team wasn't germany. this new group should bring cheaper gas for homes and businesses in the european union for the first time there are no transit fees to be paid to countries like ukraine and belarus and also eliminates the threat of supplying cause which we've seen in recent years actually leaving so many e.u. states out in the cold now this is an e.u. work project there are german shareholders also french dutch as part of this goes from the project and it will guarantee is a ploy to citizens of those countries for the next fifty years or so even through

this year zero crossings did more for gas in europe has gone up though this is the point people said couldn't be built it was too long too expensive something that was technically impossible for example there's only one compressor station along the route once again you said there were several media to make it happen but no this really has been planned since the military knowing she's a second blow will come next year project leaders have said that the third law in trouble in capacity of north korea will be discussed very soon by shareholders and russia's largest country gastro has reported an eighty percent leap in profits during the second quarter gas monopoly on almost ten billion dollars during that period leading some forecasts by ten percent market watchers say the strong bottom line is being driven by increased our order and stronger prices deliveries to europe twenty percent this year are set for further. north stream gas network is on line and cost more than seven billion dollars and leading russian energy consultant

constantine seen enough believes it will take a decade to break even. the real time off for a total of this investment will depend on the price of gas and you will feel like it because the transit fees they are related to the biggest price is in european union but of course it will take on the euros in the west as they must be not anxious about the whole of this money away because you know that from one point we'll get strong was made to hold it all flows through but from another point of you guessed wrong with the main supply of gas and dust brought gave all girl trees that north korea will be not empty. let's look at the markets now oil is heading higher on speculation that iran's nuclear plans could threaten stability in the middle east another both comes from italy where prime minister silvio berlusconi's may step down if parliament passes a fair measures the move is meant to convince investors that italy can curb its record borrowing costs and avoid the fate of greece asian markets are climbing on the news and chinese data hong kong stocks are leading

a regional rally that's up to china reported cooling inflation giving a boost to bank and property stocks china over seas land an investment bank of china highlighting two percent of the black tokyo listed exporters and banks are also rising and read through wrists. and here in russia markets open in the black as well while three r.t.s. in my six are our point seven percent loving you come from our kids a financial corporation explains what local factors will be driving trade today. markets will clearly continue to be hostage by the european. developments however in terms of the look cool events that are worth highlighting perhaps you have guessed from numbers. out on wednesday and apart from the second quarter results which are perhaps outlays is irrelevant at this point the key focus will be on the conference call with investors and the renegotiations of european

contracts is one of the key points to be discussed investors are perhaps interest me to some clarity on the evolution of the relationship with the european customers . forces largest lenders bear bank is looking at buying a bank of coal in poland as part of its expansion into central and eastern europe all this media is reporting that spare bank is most likely to acquire early or bank which is owned by the entire international group color to sarra analysts suggest it's a good time to make acquisitions as cash strapped european banks are selling assets and bargain prices they are bankers both retail and business services with a credit for year of around four billion dollars spare back recently bought the eastern european arm of fox bank and else plans to buy into turkey. so i have for you for now but stay with us for headline news coming up next.

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